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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR 2003
NO.	SUBJECT	DATE
1	Pre-Departure Orientation  Seminar (PDOS) for Agency-hired Workers	01/03/2003
2	Deployment of Filipino Seafarers via Philippine Waterports and Seaports	01/13/2003
3	Report on Condition of OFWs in Connection with the Looming Middle	01/10/2003
	East Crisis (US-IRAQ War)
4	Guidelines on the Upgrading of Single Proprietorship or Partnerships	01/16/2003
5	Travel Advisory for Qatar and Israel-bound Filipinos	02/14/2003
6	Incentive Package for Recipients of the POEA Awards	02/17/2003
7	Guidelines concerning Registration of Landbased Namehires	02/17/2003
8	Request to Require Lawyers to Indicate in the Pleading their Number in	03/10/2003
	the Roll of Attorneys
9	Implementing Guidelines on Temporary Suspension of OFW Deployment	03/21/2003
	to Selected Middle East Countries
9-A	Amendatory Guidelines on the Temporary Suspension of OFW Deployment	03/25/2003
	to Selected Middle East Countries
10	Recruitment and Placement Activities of Immigration Consultancy	03/25/2003
	Agencies and Other Similar Entities
11	Exemption of Seafarers from the New Visa Processing for Schengen	03/24/2003
	Countries
12	Guidelines on the Temporary Suspension of OFW Deployment to Kuwait	04/03/2003
13	Resumption of Deployments to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Israel	04/08/2003
14	Guidelines on Transfer of Accreditation/Registration of Foreign Placement	04/14/2003
	Agencies (FPAs)
15	Launching of the Philippine Seafarers' One-Stop Center (PSOC)	05/26/2003
16	Guidelines on the Recruitment and Deployment of Filipino Workers for	06/11/2003
	the Reconstruction of Iraq
17	Updating of POEA Licensed Agency Database	06/16/2003
18	OFW Electronic ID Card for Seafarers	06/24/2003
19	Guidelines on the Registration of Foreign Principals/Employers in the US,	06/27/2003
	Canada and Europe, Including Exemption from POLO Verification
	Requirements
20	Implementation of the E-Receipt System for Overseas Landbased Workers	06/27/2003
	Hired through Recruitment Agencies
21	Guidelines on the Recruitment and Deployment of Filipino Overseas	07/07/2003
	Performing Artists to Japan
22	Registration and Processing of Fishermen Bound For Taiwan	07/09/2003
23	Guidelines on the Registration of Principals Hiring Immigrant-Workers	08/15/2003
	and Documentation of Immigrant-Workers
24	Guidelines on the Transfer of Registration/Accreditation of Landbased	08/26/2003
	Principals
25	Guidelines on the Contracts E-Submission System for Landbased	09/05/2003
	Recruitment Agencies
26	Streamlined Requirements in the Issuance of the Exit Clearance for	09/25/2003
	Landbased Workers
27	Adoption of E-Receipt System for the Processing of Employment Contracts	10/23/2003
	for Seafarers
28	New Procedures on the Registration of Seafarers and Issuance of the	11/06/2003
	Permanent Registration Number
29	PDOS Requirement for US-Bound Workers with Employment-Based	11/12/2003
	Immigrant Visa